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AMY GOODMAN : This month is the 15th anniversary of Democracy Now! on the air, and it’s a real privilege to have MIT professor, analyst, world-renowned political dissident, linguist, Noam Chomsky with us. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan Gonzalez, and we’ve been together for this whole 15 years, Juan.
“Democracy Uprising” in the U.S.A.?: Noam Chomsky on Wisconsin’s Resistance to Assault on Public Sector, the Obama-Sanctioned Crackdown on Activists, and the Distorted Legacy of Ronald Reagan
AMY GOODMAN : For reaction to the WikiLeaks documents, we’re joined now by world-renowned political dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, author of over a hundred books, including his latest, Hopes and Prospects . Well, 40 years ago, Noam and the late historian Howard Zinn helped government whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg edit and release the Pentagon Papers, the top-secret internal U.S. history of the Vietnam War. Noam Chomsky joins us now from Boston. It’s good to have you back again, Noam. Why don’t we start there, before we talk about WikiLeaks.
Noam Chomsky: WikiLeaks Cables Reveal "Profound Hatred for Democracy on the Part of Our Political Leadership"
AMY GOODMAN : We’re broadcasting from Park City, Utah, from the headquarters of the Sundance Film Festival, the largest festival of independent cinema in the country. In his State of the Union address, President Obama renewed his criticism of the Supreme Court ruling, saying he hopes Congress passes legislation, quote, “that helps to right this wrong." President Obama delivered his first State of the Union address Wednesday night. The President did not lay out any far-reaching new policies, but instead used the occasion to call on Congress to move forward on issues already on the agenda, including economic recovery, healthcare reform and education. A full two-thirds of the President’s seventy-minute address was devoted to the economy, the central theme of which was job creation.
Noam Chomsky and Naomi Klein Respond to Obama's First State of the Union
Noam Chomsky is a Professor Emeritus at MIT , where he taught for over half a century. He is author of dozens of books. His most recent is Hopes and Prospects_. AMY GOODMAN : Noam, you’re continuing your prescription, your advice that you would give to President Obama today. NOAM CHOMSKY : Well, the economy is a disaster. There is 10 percent official unemployment, probably twice that much actual unemployment.
Noam Chomsky on the Economy, U.S. Midterm Elections, Climate Change, Haiti, and More
Denied Entry: Israel Blocks Noam Chomsky from Entering West Bank to Deliver Speech
AMY GOODMAN : Noam Chomsky has been denied entry into the West Bank by Israel. The world-renowned linguist and political thinker was scheduled to deliver a lecture at Bir Zeit University near Ramallah and was scheduled to meet with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. On Sunday afternoon, he was stopped by Israeli border guards at the Allenby Bridge border crossing from Jordan. After three hours of questioning, Chomsky’s passport was stamped with "Denied Entry."